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Trelleborg boss “not satisfied” as margins decline
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB has seen a reduction in business from automotive-related custome…
Application: TPE compound could be a dog’s best friend
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Waldkraiburg, Germany – Kraiburg TPE has customised its Thermolast K thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) …
DRAFT Stock levels to keep lid on NR prices
Added: 28 Apr 2019
Natural rubber (NR) prices are likely to remain under pressure throughout 2019, despite trends that…
People: Swiss rubber recycler adds account managers
Added: 26 Apr 2019
Baar, Switzerland – Vesper AG has appointed two new European account managers effective 1 March, th…
Adidas develops fully recyclable TPU running shoe
Added: 26 Apr 2019
New York – Adidas has developed a new performance running shoe that it claims is 100% recyclable. T…
Michelin confirms 2019 business targets
Added: 26 Apr 2019
Paris – Michelin has confirmed its 2019 targets of volume growth in line with the global market.
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Fire at Nizhnekamsk’s isoprene plant
Added: 26 Apr 2019
Nizhnekamsk, Russia – Tatarstan-based petrochemicals company PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim has reported…
Natural rubber price tracker: Reverse signals
Added: 26 Apr 2019
London – There have been some signs of reverse in a recent uptrend in natural rubber (NR) prices, E…
Giti reinvigorating brand in North America
Added: 25 Apr 2019
Richburg, South Carolina – Giti Tire Manufacturing (USA) Ltd. has ambitious plans to make its mark …
European PhD rubber community meets in Paris
Added: 25 Apr 2019
Vitry-sur-Seine, France – The European community of PhD rubber students met in Paris earlier this m…
Kraton names new chief financial officer
Added: 25 Apr 2019
Houston, Texas – Kraton Corp. has announced the appointment of Atanas Atanasov as senior vice presi…
Michelin posts 9% sales growth in first quarter
Added: 25 Apr 2019
Paris – Groupe Michelin has reported sales of €5.8 billion for the first quarter of 2019, represent…
China’s Zhongding profit drops on raised revenue
Added: 25 Apr 2019
Xuancheng, China – China’s largest non-tire rubber product maker Zhongding saw its 2018 net profit …
Genan acquires tire recycling business in Portugal
Added: 24 Apr 2019
Viborg, Denmark – Genan Holding AS has acquired the BioSafe tire recycling business of Portugese tr…
Demand for tubeless tires set to grow
Added: 24 Apr 2019
Dublin – The global market for automotive tubeless tires will exceed $158 billion (€150 billion) in…
Conti develops materials to remove “new-car smell”
Added: 24 Apr 2019
Hanover, Germany – Continental Corp. has developed a solution to eliminate unpleasant odour of a ne…
Boge to launch third Chinese plant this year
Added: 24 Apr 2019
Shanghai, China – German automotive parts supplier Boge Rubber & Plastics expects to start producti…
Arburg offers Brexit reassurance
Added: 24 Apr 2019
Warwick, UK - Arburg UK has issued a statement covering company policy with regards to the outcome …
Trelleborg opens US combined manufacturing site
Added: 23 Apr 2019
Aurora, Ohio – Trelleborg Sealing Profiles US Inc. has inaugurated a new 14,500-square metre manufa…
Mitsubishi Chemical to add TPE capacity in India
Added: 23 Apr 2019
Mumbai, India – Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. is planning to build a facility to manufacture thermoplas…
